Add this line to your ~/.bashrc file alias ducks='du -cks * | sort -rn | head -11' then cd to the directory you want the size of, and type ducks. This is a handy little command that shows the 10 largest files/directories in your current directory. Here's my home directory for example: $ ducks 1764048 total 1097320 win 219548 mydata 50932 devcd 41064 the_two_towers-tlr_fs.l.mov 32500 linux-2.6.0-test10.tar.bz2 32484 linux-2.6.0-test9.tar.bz2 25936 Debt_Minder_Installer.bin 21708 GimpUsersManual_SecondEdition-HTML_Search.tar.gz 18840 q2-3.20-x86-full-ctf.exe 15196 lxg-tlr2_m480.mov This is very useful when you want to free up some disk space. Chris Frederick Adam Maloney wrote: >du > >More helpfully: > >du | sort -rn > >Adam Maloney >Systems Administrator >Sihope Communications >On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, John Hoffoss wrote: > > > >>I'm curious to know what applications or programs are available >>(command-line, preferably, but GUI works too) that will show used disk-space >>by directory, similar to what can be had in Windows Explorer. I know of df, >>but AFAICT that only shows information by partition. Not very helpful if >>you're trying to find or prune something like Gentoo's source and >>compilation cache to free some space. >> >>Thanks, >> >>John >> >> _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list